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Key Events

Maddison Speaks

Liverpool have been linked with Norwich starlet James Maddison in recent times, and he’s revealed to the Telegraph that his mum is actually a massive Kopite.

As Mr. Burns would say: excellent.

Speaking today, Maddison revealed how he was sat next to one of Liverpool’s most average players at the recent PFA awards.

“We had Mo Salah on the table next to us,” he revealed. “I took my mum, a big Liverpool fan, with me and she was in awe of him, as was I to be honest. I was like: ‘Wow, there’s Mo Salah, there’s Marcos Alonso and David de Gea and all these Premier League footballers.’

“But my dad said to me: ‘You’re here for a reason, you deserve to be here,’ being in the Championship team of the season.”

He is indeed.

The attacking midfielder has bagged 14 goals and eight assists this season, and he didn’t exactly cool the flames of rumour that have surrounded him since January.

“You should always want more,” he said when asked about Norwich’s failed promotion push.

If you get comfortable with what you have done, you can never go to that next level.

Would Anfield be the next level for James? (Image: James Chance/Getty Images)

15:51Sam Carroll

Virgil Importance

Liverpool are - in case you haven’t realised - in the Champions League final.

Can you believe it?It still hasn’t really sunk in for me. Although I didn’t wake up until 2pm, so that might by why.

They will be there on May 26th, though, and Rio Ferdinand has identified the man who will be key to Liverpool’s chances of topping reigning champions Real Madrid.

Chatting to Talksport, the former Manchester United and England defender said: “Virgil van Dijk has got a huge job on his hands. [Dejan] Lovren I still think is fairly shaky. He doesn’t fill me with much confidence.

“And you have got two young full-backs alongside you as well.

Virgil van Dijk has been brought in for big money and these are the games now you are going to be judging him on.

“Up until now he has been a calming influence on those around him, but this is going to be different proposition.”

The Reds will need VVD firing on all cylinders, won’t they?He hasn’t put a foot wrong at Liverpool so far though.

Imagine if he’s lifting the Champions League several months after joining the club.

Money well spent.

£75m bargain. (Image: Julian Finney/Getty Images)

15:41Sam Carroll

Substitution

Salutations!

Jurgen Klopp has decided to make a mid-afternoon change.

Chris Beesley has put a tough shift in today, and he’s replaced by me, Sam Carroll.

I’ll be talking you through all your Liverpool news, views and opinions until round-about 6pm.As ever, get in touch @SamCarroll0!

Let’s get rocking and rolling, Reds!

Jurgen Klopp greets Mohamed Salah after he is substituted against Leicester City (Image: (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images))

15:01KEY EVENT

Blood Red podcast

We’ve got an absolute treat for your ears here - a Blood Red podcast special which was recorded at 5 o’clock this morning at Rome Airport.

James Pearce and Ian Doyle are joined by ECHO old boy Neil Jones.

Staying clear of all the bottles of cheep booze and aftershave the panel discuss why ‘aristocrats’ Real Madrid will hold no fear for Klopp’s resurgent side in the final in Kiev on May 26.

Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool celebrates after the full time whistle as Liverpool qualify for the Champions League final (Image: Julian Finney/Getty Images)

14:45

Salah v Ronaldo

Mohamed Salah has played down the prospect of the Champions League final being a personal duel between him and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

The prolific duo are likely to be battling it out for the Ballon d’Or later this year and whoever triumphs in Kiev on May 26 will bolster their chances of being crowned the best player on the planet.

Salah old beIN Sports Mena:

“It is not going to be a final between Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo.

“I am playing for a great club and we have great players. Qualifying for the final came with great team work, I cannot do it alone.

“I know all of the Arab people wish the best for me and they are happy every time I win, but at the moment I am only thinking about the final and bringing the trophy to Anfield.”

Georginio Wijnaldum of Liverpool celebrates with a member of the backroom staff after scoring his sides second goal during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final Second Leg. (Image: Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

13:44

Klopp reacts to reaching the final

Here’s what the boss had to say.

13:33

Trent's big night

Imagine doing all this when you’re still a teenager.

13:32

Free-scoring Reds

13:21

Gerrard to Rangers - 'a needless punt'

Many may not agree with the sentiment but this hard-hitting piece from the Guardian’s Ewan Murray on Steven Gerrard’s potential move from his beloved Reds to Rangers certainly pulls no punches.

For the record, Murray is by trade his paper’s golf correspondent and a Hearts fan.

He writes:

Perhaps Rangers and Steven Gerrard are operating on the basis of shared risk being a minimised one. There is precious little by way of alternative reasoning for this management alliance being recognised as mutually beneficial. At a time when Rangers desperately need experience, they are in danger of being blinded by a big name and the kind of desperate urge to reannounce themselves as a grand club that is undermined by a string of core details relating to behaviour and performance. Joey Barton was once part of a similar, short-lived, Rangers initiative.

That Gerrard would be due credit rather than ridicule if finally accepting Rangers’ advances is obvious. He would be stepping into a club which could barely be more dysfunctional if it tried. Gerrard was cute enough to see impending trouble at MK Dons. What, it must be asked, attracts him to Glasgow – where he has no chance of overhauling his former manager, Brendan Rodgers – other than a perception of Rangers in completely embellished form? It is safe to assume Rodgers will take great delight in slapping down one of his former charges.

AS Roma players Stefan El Shaarawy and Radja Nainggolan (C) show their dejection after the UEFA Champions League Semi Final Second Leg match between A.S. Roma and Liverpool at Stadio Olimpico on May 2, 2018 in Rome, Italy. (Image: Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

12:56

Hair we go

What an intriguing observation.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp hasn’t been shy when talking about his own hair transplant in the past.

12:50

Werner joy

Even the reboot of his hit show Rosanne surely can’t have been this exciting for Tom Werner who flew in from the USA to attend last night’s match.

The LFC chairman said:

“It was thrilling to beat Roma tonight and our play in the Champions League was such that we truly deserve to be going to Kiev.

Tom Werner, chairman of Liverpool, poses with Jurgen Klopp and principal owner John W He nrywith wife Linda Pizzuti at the end of the season at Anfield (Image: (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images))

12:33

Police praise fans behaviour

Merseyside Police has issued a statement thanking fans following last night’s Liverpool match in Rome:

Chief Superintendent Dave Charnock said:

“I would like to commend the Liverpool fans for their exceptional behaviour during last night’s match in Rome.

“It was all very good natured and there were no major issues reported.

“One Liverpool fan was arrested by Italian police at the turnstiles on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence but we have not been made aware of any other arrests.

“I am aware there was long queues to get into the ground due to the tight security procedures but fans remained in good spirits throughout and we were able to get them away from the ground safely following the match.

“I would also like to thank the stewards and staff from Liverpool Football Club for their support and assistance.”

Liverpool players show homage to Sean Cox Liverpool fan after winning the the UEFA Champions League Semi Final Second Leg match between A.S. Roma and Liverpool (Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

10:13

Karius is king of the crosses

Here’s a player who has grown in stature for Liverpool this season and the Champions League has proven to be his platform to do so.

Karius was initially given his chance in the group stages when he was second choice behind Simon Mignolet but since displacing the Belgium as number one, he retained his place in the side for the matches in the knockout stages.

09:52

Player ratings

Ian Doyle was a lucky man in Rome.

Along with Liverpool’s large travelling army of fans, he not got to witness the Reds passage to the Champions League final but a rare away goal from Gini Wijnaldum.

In compiling his player ratings and handing the former Newcastle United man an ‘8’ he writes:

Scored an away goal. That alone should be worthy of the mark, but the Dutchman was excellent throughout, so often finding space in the midfield melee.

Click here for the full article and the chance to have YOUR say on how the players performed

Georginio Wijnaldum of Liverpool scores his sides second goal during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final Second Leg. (Image: Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

09:31

Keegan signs in

A double Ballon d’Or winner. Could Anfield soon have one among their current squad?

If Mo Salah lifts the European Cup later this month then he’s got a very strong case.

09:09KEY EVENT

Analysis: Mane takes centre stage as Reds write a new history

Ian Doyle reflects on how Sadio Mane took centre stage at last.

He writes:

It was the perfect start. And, arguably, it was the perfect man to deliver.

There’s no better way to silence a hostile home crowd than to score an early goal, and only nine minutes had gone when Sadio Mane raced on to Roberto Firmino’s precise pass and finished coolly beyond Roma goalkeeper Alisson Becker.

With Firmino and Mohamed Salah commanding the headlines, Mane has gone under the radar somewhat this season.

Not with Liverpool’s supporters, though. Not with his team-mates.

And most certainly not with Champions League observers.

Mane has 19 goals for the season, nine of which have come in this competition.

Indeed, all have come in his last eight games in the Champions League.